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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Not a Very Peaceful Shabbat

Here in Shiloh I enjoyed a wonderfully peaceful Shabbat, but apparently it wasn't that way in other parts of Israel. This morning the Jewish Press headlines I received by email told a very different story. Arab terrorists, emboldened by the pope and Leftists in Israel and abroad seem to be getting more active and violent.

On Friday morning, IDF forces apprehended anArabterrorist wearing a bomb belt at Tapuach Junction in Samaria, near the city of Ariel.The terrorist raised suspicions by wearing a large coat in the hot summer weather. After security forces called on him to take off his coat and be checked, the man refused and proceeded to lay on the floor, reports Channel 10.When he finally removed his coat, he was found to be wearing a belt of explosives. A bomb disposal squad was called to the area to dismantle the explosives.

A terrorist shot 13 bullets in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo at 1:45 AM Shabbat morning, according to a report in Hadarei Hadarim.A group of ultra-orthodox youths were sitting in a garden on Goldknof street in Jerusalem’s Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, when they heard 2 shots rang out. When the third shot hit a metal bar in the children’s park near them, they realized someone one shooting at them. As they ran, more shots rang out towards them.

Residents on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights were woken up by alert sirens at 5:55 AM on Saturday morning,. The sirens went off in response to fighting in Syria along the border with Israel.At first the IDF thought a rocket had fallen on the Israeli side of the border, but apparently the sirens went off from the explosions just across the border.

There is lots more violence and danger in Syria than here in Israel, but international "peace lovers," like the pope and U. S. President Obama concentrate on pressuring Israel to make dangerous unilateral concessions to the Arab terrorists claiming that the so-called "settlements" are the greatest danger to world peace.The Jewish Press also had a short article that told of two different synagogues being set on fire on Shabbat. I decided to do an internet search to find out more information, especially since the location of one was described as near Baka Al-Garbiya, which made no sense to me. The most detailed article I could find was on JerusalemONLINE, so I signed up to get their newsletters.

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Police suspect arson in two synagogue burnings on the same day: A Chabad caravan in Kibbutz Magal was set aflame today (Saturday), while Torah scrolls were inside. Hours later, reports surfaced that two more synagogues were set on fire in Petah Tikvah. Police are investigating the incidents.

The Shavuot Holiday will be celebrated in Israel on Tuesday night andWednesday. G-d willing, it will be a nice, peaceful and boring holiday in terms of terror and security in Israel and abroad.